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Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University, where he teaches the history of the United States in the nineteenth century, and global history. With Christine A. Desan, he is the co-director of the Program on the Study of Capitalism at Harvard University. .. more

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 5d
If yoiu are in Vienna today, Thursday, join me a discussion of Capitalism: A Global History. Details below.

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Weatherhead Center for International Affairs @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social · 5d
The centuries-long history of capitalism shows that economic regimes endure for long periods of relative stability punctuated by moments of rapid change, writes
@svenbeckert.bsky.social. We're in that moment now—and resuscitation is futile. We must adapt instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Old Order Is Dead. Do Not Resuscitate.
www.nytimes.com

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 6d
My take on where we are

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Old Order Is Dead. Do Not Resuscitate.
www.nytimes.com

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Dinyar Patel @dinyarpatel.bsky.social · 7d
This Sunday at Literature Live!, I'll be in conversation with Sam Dalrymple about his excellent new book, Shattered Lands: www.litlive.in/fest25/sched...
FRAGMENTNATIONS | The Mumbai LitFest
www.litlive.in

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 10d
Join me in Berlin on Wednesday November 5 at 6PM for a book talk on Capitalism: A Global History at Freie Universität Berlin | Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut (Raum A 127)

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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14d
*Plantation Goods* has had an incredible run, beyond anything I could have imagined. I am absolutely thrilled that the book is being honored with the Horowitz Prize from the Bard Graduate Center for scholarship on decorative arts, design history, or material culture. @uchicagopress.bsky.social
2024 Horowitz Book Prize Winner
Bard Graduate Center is pleased to announce that the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize for the best book on the decorative arts, design history, or material culture of the Americas published...
www.bgc.bard.edu

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 14d
If you are in Berlin next week, come join me on November 5 for a book presentation of Capitalism: A Global History. Details here:
www.rowohlt.de/veranstaltun...
Lesung und Gespräch: Sven Beckert am 05.11.2025 um 18:00 Uhr | Rowohlt Verlag
<p>Sven Beckert ist im <em>Colloquium Global History</em> zu Gast</p>
www.rowohlt.de

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Sabine Pitteloud @sabinepitteloud.bsky.social · 23d
Event Alert! CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY
Book Talk by Sven Beckert (Harvard University)
Zurich 10. November 2025 - 18:00 bis 19:30

Co-hosted by Debjani Bhattacharyya, Historisches Seminar, UZH; Faculté d'histoire d'UniDistance Suisse
www.infoclio.ch/en/book-talk...

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 26d
The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes, which honor exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Congratulations to the 2025 awardees! #AHAPerspectives🗃️
American Historical Association Announces 2025 Prize Winners – AHA
The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes.
www.historians.org

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 27d
Very much looking forward to doing the Greener lecture at the University of South Carolina tomorrow. Come by if you are in this neck of the woods. Over two decades ago I researched my dissertation in the South Caroliniana while staying at Gibbes Court.

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infoclio.ch @infoclio.bsky.social · 28d
Book Talk: CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY by Sven Beckert #infoclioevent
Book Talk: CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY by Sven Beckert
Book Talk: CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY by Sven Beckert p 13. Oktober 2025 Book Talk: CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY By Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of History, Harvard University Nov. 10 2025, 18:00 - 19:30 University of Zurich, KOL-E-13 Senatszimmer Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich Everyone is welcome! Organisiert von Debjani Bhattacharyya (UZH) and Sabine Pitteloud (UniDistance) Sprachen der Veranstaltung Englisch
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 28d
This Friday! Don’t miss LABOR’s Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2–4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring Rudi Batzell’s Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery and commentary by Lara Vapnek, Kevin Kenny, Richard Price & Naomi Williams. Free & open to all--register now: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025

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Moritz von Brescius @mbrescius.bsky.social · Oct 9
Job alert: 3 fully funded PhDs in history at Uni Bern! Join an inspiring project on food, agriculture & global capitalism, 1870–1930s. Apply by Nov 10